Police deploy drones, ‘stealth cars’ as 10 drivers arrested for alleged street racing

Ten drivers have been arrested for allegedly taking part in illegal street races on a Hong Kong highway, with police deploying drones and unmarked high-performance vehicles to capture the suspects’ activities and apprehend them.

The force revealed on Tuesday that the suspects, comprising nine men and a woman aged between 25 and 51, were arrested between August 3 and 10 on suspicion of dangerous driving in a traffic police operation along Kwun Tong Bypass, a major highway in East Kowloon.

“Some arrested drivers drove at extreme speeds, weaving in and out of traffic recklessly,” said Pun Chun-ho, a senior inspector in police’s Traffic Kowloon East enforcement and control division.

During the operation, code-named “Fastshield”, seven private cars and three motorcycles were impounded for further examination.

Pun said the force had deployed drones and unmarked police cars or “stealth cars” to film the illegal racing and intercept the suspects’ vehicles.

“By leveraging the drones’ high flexibility and wide coverage, we conducted aerial observation and command,” he said.